| Seven Steps to Heaven | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | July 15, 1963[1] | |||
| Recorded | April 16–17, 1963 (#1, 3, 5);May 14, 1963 (#2, 4, 6) | |||
| Studio | ||||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 46:08 | |||
| Label | Columbia CL 2051 CS 8851 | |||
| Producer | Teo Macero | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Down Beat (Original Lp release) |  [2] |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| Down Beat (1992) |  [4] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| MusicHound Jazz | 3.5/5[6] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz | [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [8] |
| Tom Hull | B[9] |
Seven Steps to Heaven is a studio album by the jazz musician Miles Davis. It was released through Columbia Records on July 15, 1963.[1] The recording took place at Columbia Studios in Los Angeles in April 1963, and at Columbia's 30th Street Studios in Manhattan in May 1963. It presents the Miles Davis Quintet in transition, with the New York session introducing the rhythm section of Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, who would become Davis' regular sidemen for the next five years. Upon release, the album was Davis' most successful on the Billboard pop LPs chart up to that point, peaking at number 62.
- ^ a b Miles Davis.com
- ^ Down Beat:September 12, 1963 Vol. 30, No.25
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Alkyer, Frank; Enright, Ed; Koransky, Jason, eds. (2007). The Miles Davis Reader. Hal Leonard Corporation. pp. 228, 312. ISBN 142343076X.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Miles Davis". Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0857125958.
- ^ Holtje, Steve; Lee, Nancy Ann, eds. (1998). "Miles Davis". MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide. Music Sales Corporation. ISBN 0825672538.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (1992). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette. Penguin Books. p. 272. ISBN 0-14-015364-0.
- ^ Considine, J. D. (2004). "Miles Davis". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 215. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Hull, Tom (n.d.). "Jazz (1940s-50s)". tomhull.com. Retrieved March 3, 2020.